Delete files
To delete files from the depot, do NOT delete the files from your file system. Instead, first you mark or open the files for delete, and then you submit the changelist.
To mark files for delete, issue the p4 delete command. In this case, we choose to delete just the
header files.
p4 delete *.h
P4 Server displays the following:
//JamCode/main/file1.h#1 - opened for delete //JamCode/main/file2.h#1 - opened for delete //JamCode/main/file3.h#1 - opened for delete
As in
Edit files, you
issue the p4 submit command to have the deletion
affect files in the depot:
p4 submit
P4 Server
opens the change specification in an editor:
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# A Perforce Change Specification.
#
# Change: The change number. 'new' on a new changelist.
# Date: The date this specification was last modified.
# Client: The client on which the changelist was created. Read-only.
# User: The user who created the changelist.
# Status: Either 'pending' or 'submitted'. Read-only.
# Type: Either 'public' or 'restricted'. Default is 'public'.
# Description: Comments about the changelist. Required.
# ImportedBy: The user who fetched or pushed this change to this server.
# Identity: Identifier for this change.
# Jobs: What opened jobs are to be closed by this changelist.
# You may delete jobs from this list. (New changelists only.)
# Files: What opened files from the default changelist are to be added
# to this changelist. You may delete files from this list.
# (New changelists only.)
Change: new
Client: maria_ws
User: maria
Status: new
Description:
enter description here
Files:
//JamCode/main/file1.h # delete
//JamCode/main/file2.h # delete
//JamCode/main/file3.h # deleteEnter a description under Description, save your
changes, and exit the editor. This stores the record in the depot of the files being deleted. The output might be:
Change 3 created with 3 open file(s). Submitting change 3. Locking 3 files ... delete //JamCode/main/file1.h#2 delete //JamCode/main/file2.h#2 delete //JamCode/main/file3.h#2 Change 3 submitted.